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I didn’t want my ostomy’s third birthday to go by without at least a short blog post. I did tweet about this date as you can see here: But for those of you who don’t follow me on twitter ( @JournalingIBD ) and even for those of you who do, I still wanted to […]

Have any of you heard the term “phantom rectum?” I mean, who hasn’t right? ; ) According to http://www.ostomy-medical-supplies.com/ostomy-surgery/surgery-what-to-expect/ … Phantom Rectum: A “phan­tom rec­tal” sen­sa­tion is when the body feels as if it needs to evacuate—even though the rec­tum is no longer con­nected to the bowel. This is a nor­mal, if dis­con­cert­ing, occur­rence sim­i­lar to the […]

I wanted to expand a little more on the post I wrote about how much I hated having an ostomy in the heat. I thought I would share a little background about what I did with my first ostomy during spring/summer months vs how I handle it currently. Background… When I had my first ostomy, I was […]

The spring/summer is the only time of year that I really don’t like having an ostomy. Not saying I love it the other months, but ya know… I accept it and it has been a lifesaver for my health. I don’t want to be a complainer but I imagine other ostomates feel similarly at least […]

In two previous posts My Love Life as an Ostomate & How Having an Ostomy Affects Relationships, I spoke out for the first time about what it was like for me to have an ostomy in relationships. The physical aspect of intimacy is a little different when you have an ostomy but in all honesty, […]